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The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic pointed out the need for better source control among patients, visitors and health care workers with respiratory infections.
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Choosing a respirator is partly a matter of numbers. Each one has a rating for its filtration and seal, which reveals how much of the contaminated ambient air would still reach the lungs.
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Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is reaching alarming levels around the country, but at the VA Medical Center in Pittsburgh, MRSA rates have dropped by 60% in the past five years. The key: Health care workers are team players in a comprehensive approach to halting MRSA.
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As many as 62 new drugs may be added to the list of potential workplace hazards by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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The Joint Commission has proposed standards revisions that could weaken infection control programs "significantly at a time when health care associated infections (HAIs) are receiving increasing attention by legislators, payers, and consumers," ...
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Whether fairly or not, physician offices and other ambulatory settings often are characterized as "flying under the radar" in discussions regarding infection control requirements and regulatory oversight.
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According to the national office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the three most frequently cited violations in physician offices in 2006 were key provisions of Standard 29 CFR 1910.1030 regulating occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
